"Corpse Bride Corpse Bride (marketed as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 British-American stop-motion animated musical dark comedy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the titular bride. ""Corpse Bride"" is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, ""The"
"and humor puts the f-u-n in funeral."" ""Corpse Bride"" was released on DVD and HD DVD on January 16, 2006. It was released on Blu-ray on September 26, 2006. , the film has sold 2,777,736 DVDs and 40,411 Blu-ray Discs totaling a gross of $53,359,111 and $61,411,543 respectively for a total gross of $114,770,654 in North America. Corpse Bride Corpse Bride (marketed as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 British-American stop-motion animated musical dark comedy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by"
"received a postcard reply. Though the reply was a form letter, August still had it, decades later, when he adapted the book. He earned a 2006 Grammy nomination for his lyrics for “Wonka's Welcome Song” from the film. He collaborated for a third time with Burton on the stop-motion animated fantasy ""Corpse Bride"", also released in 2005. The two films were in production simultaneously, with actors including Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Christopher Lee appearing in both. The film marked the third of five produced collaborations to date between August and Burton. August made his feature directorial debut in"
"That’s the thing that I felt ended up so beautifully, that their performances really meshed together. So he was very canny, as they all were, about trying to find the right tone and making it work while not being in the same room with each other."" The soundtrack was produced by Danny Elfman with the help of John August and released on September 20, 2005. It contains all of the music from the film including score music and four songs with lyrics sung by voice actors. ""Corpse Bride"" premiered on September 7, 2005 at the Venice International Film Festival. The"
"five stars, saying """"Corpse Bride"" is a delightful mix of strange goings-on and imaginatively crafted puppetry, a wild ride through Burton's chaotic, splendidly original world."" Michael Booth of ""The Denver Post"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying """"Corpse Bride"" will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first."" Terry Lawson of the ""Detroit Free Press"" gave the film three out of four stars, saying ""There's a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren't allowed to trick or treat, and it's courtesy of Tim Burton's animated ""Corpse Bride""."""
"the guise of a family film, Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock's Vertigo. It would be a test for any filmmaker, and Burton aces it."" Steven Rea of ""The Philadelphia Inquirer"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"" is easily the best stop-motion animated necrophiliac musical romantic comedy of all time. It is also just simply, wonderful: a morbid, merry tale of true love that dazzles the eyes and delights the soul."" Bill Muller of ""The Arizona Republic"" gave the film four out of"
"to work on this and Burton's ""Corpse Bride"" at the same time. ""Corpse Bride"" (2005) was Burton's first full-length stop motion film as a director, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp as Victor and Helena Bonham Carter (for whom the project was specifically created) as Emily in the lead roles. In this film, Burton was able again to use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as the complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds. ""Bones"" (2006) was the first music video Burton directed. The song ""Bones"" is the sixth overall single by American"
"film was released on September 23, 2005 in United States and on October 13, 2005 in the United Kingdom. ""Corpse Bride"" grossed $53,359,111 in North America, and $63,835,950 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $117,195,061. In North America, the film opened to number two in its first weekend, with $19,145,480, behind ""Flightplan"". In its second weekend, the film dropped to number three, grossing an additional $10,033,257. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number six, grossing $6,511,336. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number nine, grossing $3,577,465. The biggest market in other territories being France,"
"vowed to remain there until her ""true love set her free."" Remains of the Day (song) ""Remains of the Day"" is one of the four main songs sung in the 2005 stop-motion animated film ""Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"". It was composed by Danny Elfman, along with all other music for the film. The song is the second one in the movie, and vital to the plot. The character Bonejangles (voiced by Danny Elfman) introduces the song with the following lyrics: ""What a story it is; a tragic tale of romance, passion and murder most foul"". Then, Bonejangles and other skeletons"
"Bruce Westbrook of ""The Houston Chronicle"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""Amazingly fluid and drop-dead gorgeous, Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"" is the best-looking, stop-motion animation film ever."" Rene Rodriguez of the ""Miami Herald"" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying """"Corpse Bride"" suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action films: for all its formidable razzle-dazzle, it doesn't engage the heart."" Colin Covert of the ""Star Tribune"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""This vibrantly imaginative mix of horror"
"Remains of the Day (song) ""Remains of the Day"" is one of the four main songs sung in the 2005 stop-motion animated film ""Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"". It was composed by Danny Elfman, along with all other music for the film. The song is the second one in the movie, and vital to the plot. The character Bonejangles (voiced by Danny Elfman) introduces the song with the following lyrics: ""What a story it is; a tragic tale of romance, passion and murder most foul"". Then, Bonejangles and other skeletons and corpses from the Land of the Dead sing the song"
"""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind, Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"" goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart."" Joe Williams of the ""St. Louis Post-Dispatch"" gave the film a B+, saying ""Beneath the bone pile of allusions, ""Corpse Bride"" is a darkly enchanting fable in its own right."" Andrew Sarris of ""The New York Observer"" gave the film a negative review, saying """"Corpse Bride"" turns out to be a ponderous mixture of puppetry and animation that is far too technologically complex and"
"the California Institute of the Arts and University of California Los Angeles. Mike Johnson (animator) Mike Johnson is a stop motion animator who has worked on films such as ""James and the Giant Peach"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", short films such as an animation of ""The Devil Went Down to Georgia"" (used by Primus and Rednex for promotional videos for their covers of the song), and TV programmes such as ""The PJs"". Most recently, he directed ""Corpse Bride"" with Tim Burton; they were jointly nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In 1996, he set up"
"as well as the first computer-animated feature film to implement non-photorealistic rendering. The film was nominated for a series of awards, such as the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. A White Shepherd puppy named Bolt is adopted by a seven-year-old girl named Penny. Five years later, Bolt and Penny star in a hit television series called ""Bolt"", in which Bolt uses various superpowers to protect Penny from the villain. To gain a more realistic performance, the show's producers have deceived Bolt his entire"
"Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (alternate title: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3D) is a 2005 direct-to-DVD computer-animated princess film directed by Greg Richardson. It is the 6th entry in the Barbie film series, and the second to feature an original story not based on previous material. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonist. Brie Larson recorded a song titled ""Hope Has Wings"" for this film, and the DVD includes the music video as a bonus feature. A line of toys were produced to go with the"
"mysteriously beautiful world that we're loathe to leave at the end."" Liam Lacey of ""The Globe and Mail"" gave the film three out of four stars, saying ""Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"", a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie."" Jack Mathews of the ""New York Daily News"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but the makers of Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"""
"him as she realizes he is reliable and kind. Consequently, she comes to believe that Kazuya is fated to be her husband, although she has difficulty in expressing her feelings. She hates the Guardian Heart for beating her in their fight. Voiced by: Kyouku Tsuruno One of the main female characters. Kurusu is an alien who comes from a planet whose people have the power to use the skills and powers shown by the clothes they are wearing (mostly uniforms), and so she always cosplays. She fell in love with Kazuya at first glance, since she immediately confessed her identity"
"its 2010 list of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. In 2013, researchers named a new species of parasitic wasp, ""Cystomastacoides kiddo"", after the character, stating that the naming was inspired by ""the deadly biology [of the wasp] to the host."" The Bride (Kill Bill) Beatrix Kiddo (primarily known as The Bride), codename Black Mamba, is a fictional character, the protagonist of the two-part movie ""Kill Bill"" directed by Quentin Tarantino. She is portrayed by Uma Thurman. Kiddo was selected by ""Empire"" magazine as one of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"" of all time, and ""Entertainment Weekly"""
"gifts the Cloud Queen with the wand, who replies that it will be the first star at night. Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (alternate title: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3D) is a 2005 direct-to-DVD computer-animated princess film directed by Greg Richardson. It is the 6th entry in the Barbie film series, and the second to feature an original story not based on previous material. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonist. Brie Larson recorded a song titled ""Hope Has Wings"" for this film, and the DVD"
"Carol!"" Phoebe (Rachel Dratch) invites her date (played by that week's host) to her apartment, where he's tormented by her gigantic anthropomorphic pet (Fred Armisen). A sketch in which Phoebe and her parrot, Jasper, invite her date and his giant pigeon (played by Maya Rudolph) over for lunch appeared in the dress rehearsals for the April 16, 2005, episode hosted by Tom Brady, and the May 7, 2005, episode hosted by Johnny Knoxville, but was cut before the final show both times. Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph play a pair of married European art dealers whose bizarre interior decorating schemes"
"hurt when he is criticized for his chubby physique. This also applies to Eleanor, but she is able to stand for herself and wishes that Theodore would do the same. Like his brothers, he was originally voiced by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. In the animated series and film, his voice was provided by Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr.'s wife and the voice of all three Chipettes. Jesse McCartney voiced Theodore in the live-action/animated film series. Brittany is the lead singer and is the leader of the Chipettes and is the female counterpart of Alvin. She wears pink attire and has red"
"Tim Burton's ""Corpse Bride"". Selick, who kept in contact with Anderson, said the director would act out scenes while in Paris and send them to the animators via iPhone. The score for the film was composed by Alexandre Desplat. Jarvis Cocker commented that he wrote ""three, four"" songs for the film, one of which was included on the soundtrack. The soundtrack also contains a selection of songs by The Beach Boys, The Bobby Fuller Four, Burl Ives, Georges Delerue, The Rolling Stones, and other artists. A soundtrack album for the film was released on November 3, 2009. It contains the"
"character."" Kiddo is a former member of the ""Deadly Viper Assassination Squad"", an elite, shadowy group of assassins. A formidable, ruthless warrior trained under martial arts master Pai Mei (Gordon Liu), she served at the right hand of Bill (David Carradine), her boss and lover, a position that provoked the furious envy of fellow Viper Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah). Kiddo, a master of the Hung Gar style of kung fu, is the only Viper to learn the ""Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique"", an assassination method of killing a person by quickly striking five pressure points around the heart with"
"million in just three weeks in the U.S. Her role won the American People's Choice Award for the best movie villain in 2005. She voiced Miss Spink in the animated film ""Coraline"", in which her comedy partner Dawn French voiced a character called Miss Forcible. In 2015, she voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated film ""Minions,"" and in 2016, she voiced Miss Nana Noodleman in the animated film ""Sing"". Saunders married Adrian Edmondson on 11 May 1985, in Cheshire. They have three daughters: Eleanor ""Ella"" Rose (born 22 January 1986, Hammersmith, London), Beatrice ""Beattie"" Louise (born 19 June 1987),"
"Bride"" is a waltz--an elegant, deadly funny bit of macabre matrimony."" Kenneth Turan of the ""Los Angeles Times"" gave the film two out of five stars, saying ""The film does have a fairy-tale aspect, but, like many of its characters, it is more dead and buried than fully alive."" Claudia Puig of ""USA Today"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying """"Corpse Bride"" is an unexpectedly touching celebration of love told in a quirky and inventive style."" Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying ""In"
"Vernita Green. She goes to the trailer of Bill's brother and Deadly Viper Budd, planning to ambush him. Budd has been warned by Bill of her approach; he shoots her in the chest with a shotgun blast of rock salt, then sedates her. He calls Elle Driver, another former Deadly Viper, and arranges to sell her the Bride's unique sword for a million dollars. He seals the Bride inside a coffin and buries her alive. Years earlier, Bill tells the young Bride of the legendary martial arts master Pai Mei and his Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique, a death"
"The Bride (Kill Bill) Beatrix Kiddo (primarily known as The Bride), codename Black Mamba, is a fictional character, the protagonist of the two-part movie ""Kill Bill"" directed by Quentin Tarantino. She is portrayed by Uma Thurman. Kiddo was selected by ""Empire"" magazine as one of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"" of all time, and ""Entertainment Weekly"" named her as one of ""The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years"". According to Uma Thurman, the character was created collaboratively during the filming of ""Pulp Fiction,"" with Thurman providing the character's first name and Tarantino her last name. After the release"
"as Scottish author J. M. Barrie in the film ""Finding Neverland"" (2004). The following year he starred as Willy Wonka in ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"", which reunited him with director Tim Burton, with whom he had not collaborated since ""Sleepy Hollow"". The film was a box office success and had a positive critical reception, with Depp being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. ""Chocolate Factory"" was followed by another Burton project, stop-motion animation ""Corpse Bride"" (2005), in which Depp voiced the character Victor Van Dort. Depp reprised the role of"
"Mike Johnson (animator) Mike Johnson is a stop motion animator who has worked on films such as ""James and the Giant Peach"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", short films such as an animation of ""The Devil Went Down to Georgia"" (used by Primus and Rednex for promotional videos for their covers of the song), and TV programmes such as ""The PJs"". Most recently, he directed ""Corpse Bride"" with Tim Burton; they were jointly nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In 1996, he set up his own animation company, Fat Cactus Films. He currently teaches stop-motion at"
"easily go overboard with these critters because they aren't as familiar to the audience as real humans. The characters don't necessarily translate the same as if you're shooting a real person. You have to consciously balance arty atmosphere and graphic clarity so as to not confuse the audience about what it is they're looking at."" In a 2005, interview with About.com, Burton spoke about the differences between directing ""Corpse Bride"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", saying: ""The difference on that was that one I had designed completely. It was a very completed package in my mind. I felt like it"
"that he is the pet of Jamie Burnford (Kevin Chevalia), but expresses no interest in his owner or being part of a family. He shares his home with Shadow (voiced by Don Ameche), a wise old Golden Retriever owned by Jamie's brother Peter (Benj Thall), and Sassy (voiced by Sally Field), a smart-mouthed Himalayan cat owned by Jamie and Peter's sister Hope (Veronica Lauren). That morning, the children's mother, Laura Burnford (Kim Greist), marries Bob Seaver (Robert Hays), and Chance manages to cause chaos by digging into the wedding cake in front of all the guests. Shortly after the wedding,"
"Viperidae; the black mamba is a member of the family Elapidae, and the California mountain snake belongs to the family Colubridae. These two exceptions represent Beatrix Kiddo and Elle Driver, respectively. This is interesting considering that both share several characteristics, exclusive to them amongst the rest of the squad; they are the romantic interests of Bill at various times, as well as both being blonde, Caucasian, and both having been personally trained by Pai Mei, Bill's own martial arts master. At the time of The Bride's revenge, the group has largely disbanded. Vernita lives as a housewife with her young"
"his assistant. After Cheri's parents and neighbors all get turned into Living Puppets, she and Unico team up to stop Kuruku. Seeking advice from the Trojan Horse, Unico and Cheri learn that Kuruku is a puppet who was mistreated by his owners and discarded. He washed up at the edge of the world - where all unwanted ""junk"" ends up eventually - and was brought to life with the power of sunlight, determined to take revenge on the human race. With help from the Sphinx's daughter (voiced by Noriko Tsukase; named ""Marusu"" in Japanese but not given a proper name"